The Bath Magazine, Issue 185

Reference Number: PP/2018/185
Level of Description: Item
Title: The Bath Magazine, Issue 185
Creator(s) & Administrative History: Robinson, Vishaka: Editor
Various: Author
MC Publishing Ltd: Publisher

Bath

2 Princes Buildings, George Street, Bath, BA1 2ED
Date: February 2018
Extent: Pages: 106
Description: Articles include the following: Amusing the masses (a description of the current exhibition 'Entertainment in Bath'' at the Victoria Art Gallery on the entertainments available in Bath in past centuries) by Jessica Hope, pp. 44-45; House of Cards (a short history of gaming and gambling in Bath) by Catherine Pitt, pp. 46-47; Postcards from the past (Di Cole's collection of old Bath postcards - prints reproduced on these pages include Royal Victoria Park in 1919, Bath Guildhall, Bath Old Bridge in the early 1900s, Pulteney Bridge in the 1930s/1940s?, Pieroni's fountain in Stall Street (later moved to Bog Island) in the 1960s, Milsom Street and Pulteney Street in the 1970s), pp. 48-50; A ramble through Englishcombe past (historic walk around the village and nearby countryside) by Andrew Swift, pp. 90-91.
Subject: Entertainment
Gambling
Photographs
Rambling